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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bond stand guard over at night?

2. How does the group of Russians watch Bond and Tatiana in bed?

3. Why did choose the hotel?

4. What does Kerim tell Bond about at lunch?

5. What is Tatiana's new name on the passport?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kerim spy on the Russians?

2. How does Klebb defeat Bond?

3. How does Bond kill Grant?

4. Why does the gypsy allow Bond to stay and see the fight?

5. What does Bond think of Darko Kerim?

6. Describe the fight between the gypsies and the faceless ones

7. What does Bond see when he looks through the periscope?

8. Why did Kerim make Bond visit so public?

9. What is Kerim's plan to get rid of the Russians?

10. What does Kerim tell Bond in the corridor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

In what way can Bond's character in the novel be seen as more vulnerable as his character in the films? Why do you think there is this difference? How do the Russians take advantage of Bond's perceived weaknesses?

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